Appendix C

Growth of Industry in Russia

18981898

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Author : Peter Kropotkin

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The growth of industry in Russia will be best seen from the following:-

1880-81. 1893-94. 1910.
Cwts. Cwts. Cwts.
Cast iron . . . . . 8,810,000 25,450,000 61,867,000
Iron . . . . . . . 5,770,000 9,700,000
(iron and steel) 61,540,700
Steel . . . . . . . 6,030,000 9,610,000
Railway rail . . . 3,960,000 4,400,000 10,408,300
Coal . . . . . . . 64,770,000 160,000,000 530,570,000
(imports of coal) from 80,000,000 to 100,000,000
Naptha . . . . . . 6,900,000 108,700,000 189,267,000
Sugar . . . . . . . 5,030,000 11,470,000 28,732,000
Raw cotton, home grown 293,000 1,225,000 3,736,000
(cont.)
Cottons, gray, and yarn 23,640,000 42,045,000 86,950,000
Cottons, printed . 6,160,000 7,720,000 37,680,000

1900. 1908.
All cottons . . . . . £56,156,000 £94,233,000
All woolens . . . . . 19,064,000 25,388,000
Linen . . . . . . . . 7,076,600 9,969,000
Silk . . . . . . . . . 3,335,000 3,969,000

The recent growth of the coal and iron industries in South Russia (with the aid of Belgian capital) was very will illustrated at the Turin Exhibition of 1911. From less than 100,000 tons in 1860, the extraction of coal and anthracite rose to 16,840,460 metric tons in 1910. The extraction of iron ore rose from 377,000 tons in 1890 to 3,760,000 tons in 1909. The production of cast iron, which was only 29,270 tons in 1882, reached 2,067,000 tons in 1910, and the amount of refined iron and steel and their produce rose from 27,830 tons in 1882 to 1,641,960 tons in 1910. In short, South Russia is becoming an exporting center for the iron industry. (P. Palcinsky, in Russian Mining Journal, 1911, Nos. 8 and 12.)

From : Anarchy Archives.

Chronology :

November 30, 1897 : Appendix C -- Publication.

January 16, 2017 : Appendix C -- Added.

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